Mohamed Hersi Ahmed | |
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Maxamed Xirsi Axmed محمد حرسي أحمد | |
![]() Mohamed in 2025 | |
Mayor of Burao | |
Assumed office 16 December 2023 | |
Preceded by | Abdirisaq Ibrahim Abdi |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Somalilander Swedish |
Political party | Waddani |
Residence(s) | Burao,Somaliland |
Mohamed Hersi Ahmed (Somali:Maxamed Xirsi Axmed,Arabic:محمد حرسي أحمد) also known asMohamed'Ase (Somali:Maxamed Case) is a Swedish-Somaliland politician and the currentMayor ofBurao,Somaliland, elected on 16 December 2023.[1][2][3]
Mohamed was elected by a vote of 7 to 6 by the Burao Local Council on 16 December 2023, alongside Suldan Jama Nuh, who serves as Deputy Mayor after the previous mayorAbdirisaq Ibrahim Abdi was suspended following persistent requests from council members.[1][2] Described as a quiet, religious, and slow-moving man, Mohamed is an expatriate who has lived in the country for several years, having returned home from Sweden, where he had been living for a while.[2]
Mohamed Hirsi Ahmed is estimated to be in his early fifties, and became a member of the Burco local council when he was elected after the2021 Somaliland municipal elections.[2]
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Preceded by | Mayor of Burao 2023-present | Incumbent |
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